"She may very well pass for forty three In the dusk with the light behind her."
— W. S. Gilbert

January 1, 1970

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1875, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353 (2005)

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1875, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353 (2005)